JulieS
Thu Mar 13 12:19:20 CDT 2008
For those following, it was an issue with custom bar definitions and not
having the correct Flag field set to pick up the bar style.
Julie
"Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:49A811D0-9A23-41C9-95BD-A41FF33B3F56@microsoft.com...
> JulieS, email sent to you with a shortened version of my programme but
> still
> with the problem.
>
> Very much appreciated!
> --
> Project for Work, Cigars for Pleasure
>
>
> "JulieS" wrote:
>
>> Hello Gary,
>>
>> Makes perfect sense, as you describe it, but it does make for a
>> puzzler.
>>
>> Did you customize the display of tasks in the Tracking Gantt view and
>> change the one of the task bars to white? I'd guess it's the critical
>> task bar that's been customized if the Maintenance task is the last
>> task
>> in the project.
>>
>> If you'd care to, zip the offending file and send it along to me by
>> email. I'll take a peek and see if I can spot the trouble. My email
>> is
>> prjng[at]maine.rr.com. Replace the [at] with @.
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
>> "Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:91B331C5-8074-478B-B058-25CA23627940@microsoft.com...
>> > JulieS
>> >
>> > Thanks for the tips, but nothings changed unfortunately.
>> >
>> > I have modified the Tracking Gantt (Format>Bar Styles) for baseline
>> > bars
>> > although I haven't yet rebase-lined although I assume once I do
>> > that
>> > the
>> > baseline bar will appear although it's not the baseline bar I'm
>> > having
>> > the
>> > problem with at present.
>> >
>> > No filters have been applied to the view, "All Tasks" is showing.
>> > The
>> > Maintenance and Construction phases along with a couple of other
>> > phases are
>> > subtasks of the summary task (which is the project title). Now in
>> > the
>> > Gannt
>> > Chart view I can open up each project and see all the subtask
>> > linked
>> > one
>> > after the other, Maintenance being the last one. However when I
>> > switch
>> > to the
>> > Tracking Gantt view and open up any project all the subtasks are
>> > able
>> > to be
>> > seen linked to one another except Maintenance which has
>> > disappeared,
>> > the last
>> > one being construction and a linking arrow as I said linking to
>> > nothing. It's
>> > not that I can't see the baseline bars it's that in Tracking Gantt
>> > view I
>> > can't see the subtask bar for the Maintenance phase in the Tracking
>> > Gantt
>> > chart.
>> >
>> > I hope that all makes sense!
>> >
>> > Gary.
>> > --
>> > Project for Work, Cigars for Pleasure
>> >
>> >
>> > "JulieS" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:DB7FE16B-63C3-4338-90E1-EDF7DF021223@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi all, hoping someone can help me with a problem I'm having
>> >> > with
>> >> > project for
>> >> > work. Currently I am in the process of tweeking and changing
>> >> > little
>> >> > things
>> >> > like durations and dates within Project in relation to my works
>> >> > overall
>> >> > programme of projects, before rebase-lining the whole thing in
>> >> > April.
>> >> >
>> >> > One thing that we're doing is adding another task in each
>> >> > project
>> >> > ( a
>> >> > Maintenance phase after our Construction phase), now I can see
>> >> > this
>> >> > maintenance phase in the Gantt view but when I switch to the
>> >> > Tracking
>> >> > Gantt
>> >> > view the phase is gone/not there and there's only the
>> >> > construction
>> >> > phase with
>> >> > a linking arrow to nothing.
>> >> >
>> >> > If anyone can help I'd greatly appreciate it.
>> >> >
>> >> > Gay.
>> >> > --
>> >> > Project for Work, Cigars for Pleasure
>> >>
>> >> Hello Gary,
>> >>
>> >> Have you modified your Tracking Gantt chart to only show baseline
>> >> bars?
>> >> (Check Format > Bar Styles) Have you saved a baseline for the
>> >> Maintenance task?
>> >> I assume the Maintenance task is not a subtask and collapsed up
>> >> under
>> >> the Construction phase task? (Choose Show > All Subtasks from the
>> >> Formatting toolbar) I assume no filters are applied to the view?
>> >> (Make
>> >> sure "All Tasks" is displayed in the filter drop-down.)
>> >>
>> >> I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.
>> >>
>> >> Julie
>> >> Project MVP
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >>
>>
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